Musician sues rap star Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj stole for her hit "Starships," claims lawsuit filed by underground artist Clive Tanaka
By Jason Meisner
Chicago Tribune reporter
Pop star Nicki Minaj burned up dance floors last summer with her hit song "Starships," which set a Billboard record for its stretch of 21 consecutive weeks in the Top 10.
Clive Tanaka, meanwhile, is an underground artist who has cloaked himself in mystery. While his meticulously crafted electronic music has won accolades, he's never performed in public. His fans don't know his real name or even where he hails from.
Now Tanaka, in a lawsuit filed under the name of his company, is accusing the Trinidad-born Minaj of stealing from his 2011 song "Neu Chicago" to create the electro-pop hooks that drove her best-selling single.
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1 comment:
Copyrights are important, but I agree, you can't copyright a genre. If that was the case, our music selection would be very scarce. Artists just need to be more truthful and creative when is comes to their own songs, so that there are not any conflicts.
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